“I had a friend who was a bond trader at Merrill Lynch in the 1970s....” – Charles Morris, Inside Job ... Movie Quotes Database

Charles Morris

I had a friend who was a bond trader at Merrill Lynch in the 1970s. He had a job as a train conductor at night, 'cause he had three kids and couldn't support them on what a bond trader made. By 1986, he was making millions of dollars, and thought it was because he was smart.

In this scene

Charles Morris More Charles Morris quotes →

More from Inside Job

David McCormick Could we... could we turn this off for a second? Nouriel Roubini By 2006, about 40% of all profits of S&P 500 firms was coming from financial institutions. Interviewer On your CV the title of this report has been changed from "Financial Stability in Iceland" to "Financial *In*stability in Iceland." Frederic Mishkin Um, well, I don't know. Er, which, er whatever it is, is - the thing - if there's a typo, there's a typo. Christine Lagarde The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself. R. Glenn Hubbard This isn't a deposition, sir. I was polite enough to give you time, foolishly I now see. But you have three more minutes. Give it your best shot!